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Leisure assets fall after GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... Leisure Trust Group has gross Australian debt totalling $192 million, which is expected to reduce when the security purchase plan and remaining AMF freehold sales are completed.

Lifewise website nets 8,500 hits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... insurance to clients. While the campaign website is yet to gain strong traction in the broader public, insurance figures from Plan for Life found an increased uptake in risk cover at both the individual and group level over the past year. The actuarial ...

K2 benefits from planner focus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
K2 Asset Management's push into the financial planning market is paying off and now accounts for nearly half the fund manager's business. Andrew Hall, head of distribution at K2 Asset Management, said the fund manager's work with research firms and ...

FPA and AFA call for reform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
In a sign of solidarity, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are pushing for the same regulatory reform, including the need for advisers to be members of a professional body. While the FPA and AFA ...

Leverage key to recovery: UBS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
The days of gearing to the hilt may now seem a distant memory - but planners and investors may soon have to gear up again, albeit in moderation, said an industry expert. A recovery of mid to high double digit returns can only be achieved through a return ...

Planning firms on buying spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
While some financial planning firms hunker down for the GFC to pass, many opportunistic mid-weight planning companies are increasing their borrowing activities to buy their smaller rivals, according to a Macquarie Bank expert. Jamie Melville, national ...

Danger signs ahead but bargain stocks a-plenty: Faber

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
Leading contrarian investor Dr. Marc Faber wears his "ultra bearish" cap in his Australian visit, predicting another financial crisis could happen in the next five to 10 years - but even that doesn't mean there aren't any investment opportunities, particularly ...

Ripoll Inquiry must build on FSR progress: AFA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
Investigating the collapses of Storm and Opes Prime could help improve Australia's financial advice system - but any radical changes to current FSR arrangements could chime the death knell of good financial advice, warns a key industry association. ...

Officium Capital hires new 'best ideas' manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
Officium Capital has selected Souls Funds Management to manage its concentrated best ideas fund after the previous manager, MMC Asset Management was sold last month. John Nunan, chief executive at Officium Capital, said the fund didn't want to leave ...

Fin services shines in Telstra Awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
Financial Management Solutions, Aspire Retire Financial Services and Addwealth were named state winners in the annual Telstra Business Awards. New South Wales-based Financial Management Solutions and West Australian-based Addwealth won the Sensis Social ...